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Showing 93719380 of 11457 articles for Art. Rép. Kamowski: AN 25-12-2018 n° 13638

French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Candidate registration requirements

Article A212-35

For the prerequisite tests mentioned in article R. 212-10-17, the candidate's registration file is submitted one month before the date set for the tests to the training organisation responsible for or…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Supplementary provisions.

Article L3121-65

I.-In the absence of the contractual stipulations provided for in 1° and 2° of II of article L. 3121-64, an individual agreement for a fixed number of days may be validly concluded subject to complian…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Forward financial instruments of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-46

An insurance undertaking may use a financial futures instrument in anticipation of an investment if the following conditions are met throughout the transaction: a) The undertaking holds or will receiv…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-9

…ution, in its capacity as group supervisor, shall ensure that the calculations used to verify compliance with the requirements referred to in 2° and 3° of Article L. 356-15 are carried out at least on…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 7 : Applications for plant variety certificates relating to national defence

Article R623-46

…griculture by the Minister for Defence for the purposes of extending the prohibitions on disclosure and free exploitation of a variety, which is the subject of the application for a certificate, must…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Presumptions of ownership

Article 752

…ers' or beneficiaries' shares, assets or rights placed in a trust defined in article 792-0 bis, company shares and any other claims of which the deceased was the owner or received the income or in res…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions under which the administrative authority may implement a decision taken by another Member State of the European Union or a State with which the Schengen acquis applies

Article R615-2

The administrative authority may, pursuant to 2° of Article L. 615-1, decide to implement an enforceable expulsion decision taken by one of the other Member States of the European Union, the Republic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Provisions applicable to legal entities

Article 799

…ty imposed. It must specify, firstly, the date of the conviction for which rehabilitation is sought and, secondly, any transfer of the registered office of the legal entity that has occurred since the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Provisions relating to the setting up of a relay establishment

Article L613-53-4

…cease to apply when one of the following conditions is met: 1° The establishment-relais merges with another person ; 2° The bridge institution no longer meets the requirements laid down in Article L.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The High Council for Financial Stability

Article L631-2

The High Council for Financial Stability is composed of eight members: 1° The Minister for the Economy, Chairman ; 2° The Governor of the Banque de France, Chairman of the Autorité de contrôle prudent…

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